Unfortunately, I've lately noticed that problem and the touch response of my 1.5-year-old P3 is awful and I cannot even pick my song. Which is what I mostly intend to when I'm using my P3. Anyways, I don't know if that is a coincidence or anything, but when I upgraded my P3 from Touch 6C to 6D, I've noticed the touchscreen was a bit smoother. But then, ugh, dead areas of the touchscreen started to appear. And in a desperate attempt to save it, I'll probably try and format it... But it seems like it's a hardware defect, so I don't expect anything miraculous.
I think I'm going to use my old YP-T7F back, it never failed (until now) and I've been owning it for several years

I actually got a Cowon J3 for xmas to replace my P3. almost half of the P3's screen is dead, for the longest time i would just use my creative zen despite it having a quarter of the space the P3 has.
it's a shame that such an awesome device would have such a flaw. if only samsung could have foreseen this happening. ive considered sending mine in to have the screen replaced but just getting a new player is a lot easier.

my P3 is about 3 years old now and for the last several months I've noticed there is a small dead zone about 1/3 down the right side of the screen. Any time I touch that area it triggers about 1cm above or below where I touch.

It will most likely grow. That's how mine started, now 90% of it is dead. A tiny line on the left side of the player, however, still lets me select music. Can't pause or skip, though. Highly inconvenient.

It will most likely grow. That's how mine started, now 90% of it is dead. A tiny line on the left side of the player, however, still lets me select music. Can't pause or skip, though. Highly inconvenient.

My P3 touch-screen is also dead apart from "a tiny line on the left side of the player". I can however move icons around, plus more complicated man-oeuvres or actions, by touching the left hand side immediately before touching the icon i want to use or manipulate. I have been able to reconfigure the display screens how I want them. This includes putting all the most important icons on the left of the screen so I can open them with just one touch. This has been alluded to in other posts, hope you find it useful.

Last edited by Temple; 09-25-2013 at 09:47 AM.
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